Value of multimodality imaging in the diagnosis of breast lesions with calcification: A retrospective study
Wenjuan Tong1, Xiaoling Zhang2, Jia Luo1
1Department of Medical Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Purpose:
To assess the value of conventional ultrasound (US), contrast-enhanced ultrasound (CEUS) and mammography in the diagnosis of breast lesions with calcifications.
Methods:
A total of 87 breast lesions with calcification were subjected to US, CEUS and mammography and divided into 3 groups: Group A (all cases), Group A1 (31 cases who underwent US and CEUS first followed by mammography), and Group A2 (56 cases who underwent mammography first followed by US and CEUS). A receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis was performed to evaluate the diagnostic efficacy of different methods in different groups.
Results:
In Group A, the area under the ROC curve (AUROC) of CEUS were 0.937, which were significantly higher than that of mammography (p < 0.05). In Group A1, the AUROC of CEUS were 0.842, which were not significantly different from that of US and mammography (p > 0.05). In Group A2, the AUROC of CEUS were 0.987, which were significantly higher than that of mammography and US (p < 0.05).
Conclusion:
Based on the mammography results, the combination of US and CEUS might improve the diagnostic efficacy in breast lesions with calcification.
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